A one-stop shop for information on school term and holiday dates launches for parents
Parents no longer need to waste time searching through school web pages to find details of their children’s term and holiday dates because the website provides relevant information for every school and college across the UK, which the site visitor can view, download or print.
TermDates.co.uk has been aesthetically designed to be user-friendly, highly functional and mobil- responsive, providing users with a simple system to search by region or school name.
New legislation states that Local Authorities will no longer determine the duration and dates of school holidays. From September 2015 schools will have the power and freedom to set their own term dates, whilst still having to operate within a legal limit of a minimum of 190 school days each year.
The Department for Education commented “terms should be decided by heads and teachers who know their parents and pupils best. It is right that all schools are free to set their own term dates in the interests of parents and pupils"[1]
Following the change in legislation, Term Dates will play an integral part in keeping parents updated and will be particularly useful to parents with children at different schools, with different term dates. From September 2015, the website will also have the facility to show unexpected school closures due to bad weather, in addition to inset days, parent’s evenings and school sports days.
Parents can be assured that the website information is accurate and correct as every date added is checked by the Term Dates Verification Team. An additional level of verification will soon be available enabling schools to verify the dates themselves.
Having this information to hand, whether at work, home or on the go will help parents to arrange childcare, plan holidays and take days off work. Term Dates will also be a valuable resource for teachers, foreign visitors to the UK and those involved in travel and tourism.
About TermDates.co.uk
From September 2015 Head teachers in the UK will be given power to set their own term dates and school holidays. A study by Boston Consulting Group suggests that nearly 70% of Head teachers[2] intend to make changes which will lead to a variety of term dates across the country. Termdates.co.uk provides parents with an online service to track school dates and remain updated to any changes.
Footnotes:
[1] http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-23129472 – July 2013
[2] https://www.bcgperspectives.com/content/articles/transportation_travel_tourism_pricing_marketing_schools_out_but_when/ - Boston Consulting Group
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